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Summoner

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Summoner
Summoner cover
Developers
Volition
Mac OS (Classic) Graphsim Entertainment
Publishers
Original THQ
Current THQ Nordic
Engines
CTG[1][2]
Release dates
Windows March 20, 2001[3]
Mac OS (Classic) June 29, 2001[4]
Reception
Metacritic 78
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Continuous turn-based
Perspectives Third-person, Bird's-eye view
Controls Point and select
Genres RPG
Themes Fantasy
Summoner on HowLongToBeat
Summoner on IGDB
Summoner guide on StrategyWiki
Summoner on MobyGames
Summoner on Wikipedia

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
Mac OS
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
A demo is available.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest version is v1.40. Digital distributions are up-to-date.

Mods

Summoner Texture Upscale.
Console higher quality music.
Summoner nod, basically a QOL patch. Singleplayer only.

Game data

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Volition\Summoner
<path-to-game>\summoner.cfg[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/275570/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\savegame\[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/275570/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher general video settings.
Launcher general video settings.
Launcher advanced video settings.
Launcher advanced video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Use Timeslip's Summoner patch for high/widescreen resolutions. However, this displaces the menus. Not compatible with German version.[5]
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Use Timeslip's Summoner patch.
4K Ultra HD
Use Timeslip's Summoner patch.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Exceeding 60 FPS increases game speed.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Launcher audio settings.
Launcher audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
May require DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
EAX 2.0.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Retail only.
German
Russian
Pirate translation (Fargus) Audio and Subtitle Download

Network

Launcher network settings.
Launcher network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
4 Co-op
Online play
4 Co-op
The official multiplayer service was shut down.

Connection types

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
Z3D
User created game profile, (Glide !!) see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Video card detection not working in launcher

Set the compatibility mode of <path-to-game>\Summoner.exe to Windows XP Service Pack 3[6]

Better performance on modern systems

Use dgVoodoo 2 Wrapper[7]
  1. Download dgVoodoo 2.
  2. Copy dgVoodooCpl.exe
  3. Copy Glide, Glide2x, Glide3x from 3Dfx\x86 to the game install directory.
  4. Run "dgVoodooCpl.exe", go to "Glide" tab and configure it
  5. Launch "Summoner" and go to "setup";
  6. Make sure "Detect Glide" is checked;
  7. Click "Detect Available Cards";

Missing mouse and/or incomplete in-game rendering

Set the compatibility mode of <path-to-game>\Summoner.exe to Windows XP Service Pack 3[8]

Game runs too fast

Enable Vsync in game options and set monitor refresh rate to 60 Hz[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7
OpenGL
Mac OS only.
Glide 2.4
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video 1.0x

System requirements

Windows
Minimum[9] Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, ME
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 400 MHz
AMD K6-2 400 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 800 MB
Video card (GPU) 3dfx Voodoo2
4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.0 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
Other 4x CD-ROM drive
Mac OS
Minimum[10][11] Recommended
Operating system (OS) 8.6
Processor (CPU) PowerPC G3 300 MHz
PowerPC G4 300 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 800 MB
Video card (GPU) 6 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 1.2.1 compatible
Other 8x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/275570/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (275570) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Volition on X - last accessed on 2023-10-16
    "It's our own in-house engine that we call CTG after our Core Technology Group."
  2. Volition on X - last accessed on 2023-10-16
    "It's been updated and changed over the years, but certain aspects of the engine like slew mode have been the same since the Freespace days."
  3. PR - 03/20/01 - THQ SHIPS SUMMONER FOR PC (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-05-20
  4. Summoner for Mac Shipping! (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-07-04
  5. Summoner Patch (by Timeslip), page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 2023-05-20
  6. Verified by User:Mystyle48 on 2022-09-05
  7. Optional solution for modern systems, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 2023-10-17
  8. can't play help :: Summoner General Discussions - last accessed on 2023-05-20
  9. Summoner PC manual - last accessed on 2023-05-31
  10. sumnr-features (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-05-20
  11. support-faq-smnr (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-06-02